What are you planning on playing in the new adventure path Ruse of the Runelords. (assume max gold and hit points at level one, 28 pt buy)
Meet Umlo Thistleknot
Male Gnome Ranger (1)--stats and write up to follow.
(planning on going 4 levels of fighter (yes an xp penalty for 2 levels) next then onto Gnome Giant-Slayer)
Gnomes seem to be a great choice for a PC bonus against goblins and Giants.
Does anyone think gnomes may over populate this new world...
granted Dwarves are a good choice to...
What are you planning on playing in the new adventure path Ruse of the Runelords. (assume max gold and hit points at level one, 28 pt buy)
Meet Umlo Thistleknot
Male Gnome Ranger (1)--stats and write up to follow.(planning on going 4 levels of fighter (yes an xp penalty for 2 levels) next then onto Gnome Giant-Slayer)
Gnomes seem to be a great choice for a PC bonus against goblins and Giants.
Does anyone think gnomes may over populate this new world...
granted Dwarves are a good choice to...
I most likely will DM it, but I'll have to take a look at the players guide and come up with something suitably interesting to play. There is a goblin ninja in the back of my head screaming to get out, but he probably wouldn't work well in the first scenario.
What are you planning on playing in the new adventure path Ruse of the Runelords. (assume max gold and hit points at level one, 28 pt buy)
Meet Umlo Thistleknot
Male Gnome Ranger (1)--stats and write up to follow.(planning on going 4 levels of fighter (yes an xp penalty for 2 levels) next then onto Gnome Giant-Slayer)
Gnomes seem to be a great choice for a PC bonus against goblins and Giants.
Does anyone think gnomes may over populate this new world...
granted Dwarves are a good choice to...
This is odd. One of my players is actually thinking of playing a gnome ranger as well. No one in the history of my gaming group we are going on nearly a dozen years now has ever played a gnome . . .when he mentioned it to me there was a serious moment of silence.
I seriously wonder if this brave new world will be over run with Gnomes. In my gaming group I dare say in 20 years we have only had one maybe two gnomes, intresting indeed. I do believe Gnomes are tailor made in this setting.
I seriously wonder if this brave new world will be over run with Gnomes. In my gaming group I dare say in 20 years we have only had one maybe two gnomes, intresting indeed. I do believe Gnomes are tailor made in this setting.
Maybe not setting, but the wee ones may be extra good for this AP. Hmm . . .I wonder if McArtor has anything to do with this . . . this gnome infestation.
. . . this gnome infestation.
It is gnothing to be concergned about.
*waves hand*
Move along...
"And ignore the shadowdance of fey little feet
practicing katas to that queer faerie beat
Offering Runegiants their iGNOMious defeat!"
I have played a gnome ranger before and might do so for this campain ...
Gnice.
Hey, wait up...
Without further ado I present a native to Varisa, a hero from the Whistledown community in the Sanos Forest region.
UMLO THISTLEKNOT
Male Gnome Ranger 1
CG Small humanoid
Init +2; Senses Listen +3, Spot +3 (Low light vision)
Languages Common, Gnome, Giant, able to speak with badgers
AC 16, touch 13, flat-footed 14 (+1 size bonus incudedl) (+4 dodge bonus to AC vs Giant creature type)(+1 dodge)
hp 10 (1 HD)
Immune
Fort +3 , Ref +4, Will +0 (+2 saving throw bonus vs illusions)
Spd 20 ft
Melee Gnome Hooked Hammer +4 (1d6+2 or 1d4+2); War Razor +4 (1d3+2)(+1 size bonus included) (+1 racial bonus vs goblinoids and kobolds)
Ranged Throwing Axe +4 (1d4+2) (+1 size bonus) (+1 racial bonus vs goblinoids and kobolds)
Base Atk +1; Grp +3
Special Atk Gnome Hooked Hammer +5 (1d6+2 or 1d4+2) vs goblinoids and kobolds; Gnome Hooked Hammer +5 (1d6+6 or 1d4+6) vs Giants; War Razor +5 (1d3+2) vs goblinoids and kobolds; War razor +5 (1d3+6) vs Giants
Combat Gear
Abilities Str 14, Dex 15, Con 14, Int 10, Wis 10, Cha 10
SQ Favored Enemy (Giants +2), Wild Empathy, +1 DC to illusion spells, speak with burrowing animals 1/day, dancing lights 1/day, ghost sound 1/day, prestidigitation 1/day
Feats Track, Dodge, Big Game Hunter
Skills Escape Artist +4 (+3), Tumble +4 (+3), Speak Language (Giant), Hide +9 (+8), Listen +3, Move Silent +6 (+5), Spot +3, Survival +1, Climb +3 (+2), Craft (alchemy) +3
Possessions Studded leather armour, 2 War razors, Gnome hooked Hammer, 2 throwing axes, back pack, guard dog (“svnirbin”), bed roll, winter blanket, soap, small steel mirror, iron pot, waterskin, explorer’s outfit, 3 Jars of Harpy Musk 23 gp, 15 sp
If you travel and meet Umlo and Svnirbin on the road please say hi you may find a steadfast ally.
This is awesome Larcifer! Perfect hometown as well. While I'll leave the final word on gnomes to Mike, here's what's been in the back of my head while working on the race.
Gnomes are members of the fey court. We're not quite sure what this is yet, but it's not like Titania and Oberon, and it might not even be part of Golarion, but whatever it is... it is not wholly friendly toward civilization as it exists for humans and elves. It's not actively hostile per say, but also not compatible with the way folks live.
Gnomes are fey intrigued by the humanoid cultures of Golarion. Their actions and society in the world are meant to emulate the other races... but they don't quite always get it right. That's where you get the overly grandiose names and exaggerated personalities. It'd be like if we all moved to the rainforest, set up an "authentic" village near a bunch of pygmies, and tried to blend in—we obviously don't look the same as them, our village might have some of the looks down but it's blatantly missing some things or done things wrong, and we obviously don't get the full reasoning behind everything our neighbors do or that we do to mimic them. Gnomes have been around for long enough that they're not totally alien in their mannerisms, but they probably were once. What they're trying to discover, why they emulate the other races, and who they might tell if they did discover something are all great secrets of the race. Gnomes also probably know the story of "their world," but if so, they're not telling.
So again, great choice! Have fun and I can't wait to hear how he does!
Psst...you can put any character builds you've got on DM Tools - there's even a Pathfinder campaign listing! :)
Umlo is starting D0 Hollow's last hope this weekend I will start a new thread entitled Umlo's chronicles to keep everyone updated, where should such a thread go? thanks guys!
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Umlo is starting D0 Hollow's last hope this weekend I will start a new thread entitled Umlo's chronicles to keep everyone updated, where should such a thread go? thanks guys!
There's a section of the messageboards for campaign journals. If my messageboard-fu was better I'd be able to point you there with a link of some sort...
I really like Wes' take on gnomes. Somehow I feel that gnomes didn't really fit into other worlds, like the Realms. Even the halflings have their own land there. With gnomes being members of the fey court, it adds sense and it also adds suspense to this 'fey court' which have been talked about (and is detailed in W1).
An AP involving the fey court somewhere along the lines would be cool .
Ta-Dah!!! (link)
(I serve at the pleasure of Mike McArtor)
Never, ever, admit that. Now you're scarred for life.